Nadal v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Larry S. Schachner, J.), entered June 20, 2012, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the causes of action alleging false arrest/imprisonment and malicious prosecution, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Dismissal of the false arrest/imprisonment claim was proper where plaintiff was arrested for the shooting death of another pursuant to a facially valid arrest warrant, which is a complete defense to the cause of action (see Marrero v City of New York, 33 AD3d 556, 557 [1st Dept 2006]). Moreover, plaintiff was indicted by a grand…